Act One is an ethnography of violence reflecting on a history of conflict in Central Mexico. The video posits a decolonial approach to the visual representation of violence, transporting us beyond the realm of suffering into a space for quiet contemplation as the violent terrain of occupation enters the frame. Following the pictorial European Romantic landscape tradition with its depiction of the uncontrollable power of nature, this piece is an investigation on enforced disappearance in rural Mexico, reclaiming undermined histories of everyday violence and economic struggle.
Victor Arroyo
Director
Narco Cultura70%
Life After Fighting72%
Mexicali77%
Walking Tall63%
Peeping Tom74%
Combat Shock64%
House of Sand and Fog71%
The Equalizer 372%
Woman in Gold72%
Ballerina72%
Border Hunters62%
Running Scared69%
Cardboard Boxer63%
El Gringo63%
National Theatre Live: Hamlet75%
Night Always Comes60%
Winchester58%
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair81%
Street Kings66%
Revenge64%
